This is part of an academic task under the course 'Governance and Development'

1. Public Management as a Building
Block for Governance: Drawing on
the Experiences of
Hong Kong

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Good
Governanc
e
Complexity
of Defining
Governance
Emergence of
Public
Management

3. Governance: A Complex Concept
• Governance is expected to encompass all the characteristics which
would produce the desirable outcomes for improving modern states.
• During 1980s, an emerging importance to restrict the role of the
state induced to think about the term first.
Frischtak (1994) describes “Governance as the exercise
of democratic government, which guarantees the
dominance of the rules of economics over those of
politics”

4. Peters (2002) explains the
governance
framework by saying that it consists
of legitimate input from a wide
range of actors
whose participation is a central part
of the decision-making process.
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Complexity
in Defining
Governance

6. Issue of Implementations
is a bigger challenge.
Defining Governance
becomes perplexed.
Six dimensions of
governance according to
World Governance Index
Consequences
of Complexity
and Lack of
Consensus

7. An Alternative to
Governance?

8. PUBLIC MANAGEMENT!
Public management programs include reducing
public expenditures, enhancing efficiency in
the operations of public sector organizations,
improving the quality of public services, and
ensuring the effectiveness of public policies.
Traditional Public
Administration
The Achievements of
Results and Personal
Responsibility of Managers

9. Case of Hong
Kong
Distinctive Features-
• Minimal Government
• Deference to Authority
• Formality in Administrative Practices
• A High Degree of Centralization.
Key Role - to uphold integrity and financial
probity in the operation of the administrative
agencies.

10. 1970s 1980s 1990s
The Public Management Reforms in
Hong Kong: Key Themes
• Participation
• Improving channels
• Integrity and
mechanisms.
• Agenciification
• Reviewing public
management
functions
• Lean and efficient civil
service
• Entry and exit system
• Ethical training

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Governance
Indicators
HONG KONG UK USA
Voice & Accountability +0.62 +1.32 +1.12
Political Stability +0.98 +0.41 +0.63
Govt. Effectiveness +1.82 +1.53 +1.51
Regulatory Quality +1.94 +1.64 +1.29
Rule of Law +1.56 +1.69 +1.60
Control of Corruption +1.71 +1.64 +1.38
Comparison of Governance Scores 2012 (+2.5 to -
2.05)
(Source: Kaufmann et al. 2012)

12. PUBLIC MANAGEMENT as a Building
Block of Governance
 A series of public management reforms initiated
 Independent Commission Against Corruption
(ICAC) in 1974,
 A Complaints Against the Police Office (CAPO) in
1977
 A Commissioner for Administrative Complaints
(COMAC) in 1988

13. Concluding Remarks

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